On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:36:44 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
On 2026-02-12, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:21:12 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
But maybe stupidity would have been better than Trump's narcissism.
(Probably not.)
Autopen Biden?
Narcissistic, warmongering moron Trump?
From a Telegram Post...
Trump said he raised tariffs on Switzerland because he didnrCOt like
how the Swiss rCLprime ministerrCY spoke to him.
Switzerland doesnrCOt have a prime minister.
ThatrCOs where we are.
It's bad enough he's raising tariffs because he doesn't like the way
somebody "talked to him." But to not even know the title this "someone"
held, is incredibly stupid.
I think it was actually an ex-president, but Trump was clueless as
usual.
To be honest, if I had the level of power Trump currently has, I wouldn't bother to learn the names of most leaders or even care whether they are prime ministers or presidents. I'm not defending him, I'm just
highlighting what some human beings in his position would do.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:44:28 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
On 2026-02-12, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 03:57:20 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
On 2026-02-11, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:57:43 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
DFS wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FISyRmNi3Yc
LMAO!
I see a lot of YouTube shorts of, basically, AI animal snuff films. >>>>>> Like gorillas ripping up crocodiles (they inhabit different
environments) and hippos biting crocodiles in half.
Also an elephant charging a car, the woman jumps into the trunk and >>>>>> closes it, the elephant flips the car.
Even some of the funny cat videos seem to be AI.
We really need to educate people to detect AI bullshit.
If it repeats the same points three or four times each, you can pretty >>>> much bet it's AI. It's like a kid trying to pad their 500 word essay
by repeating the same thing in different words over and over (except
AI hasn't gotten the "different words" trick down yet). And what
really makes it easy to spot is when continually gets pronunciation of >>>> words wrong, especially common names.
AI is pure crap.
I got a kick out of seeing the cat in the airplane seat with a Burger >>>>> King crown on its head, but I'm not sure why.
Speaking of ads (I guess this was an ad) I used to watch the Super
Bowl ads because some of them *used* to be funny. This year's crop was >>>> absolutely pathetic (at least the ones that were supposedly in the
"Top Ten"). Probably AI crap.
I don't have cable anymore (I disconnected it because we don't watch
much and I can just get a sports subscription to stream), so I turned
on the Super Bowl because literally nothing else was on. However, I
didn't actually watch and switched over to the Simpsons because the
game looked boring. I turned it back on after the Simpsons was over
because the show after it is almost as bad as the Simpsons itself, and
noticed that it was still 3-0, confirming that the match must have been
horrendous. Once it was time for half-time, I turned it off completely.
To say the least, I didn't see the treasonous spic speak his supposedly
poor Spanish. I don't think I missed much there or from the match
itself.
Of course, I consider football to be one of the most boring sports on
the planet, so I wouldn't have enjoyed it either way.
I didn't watch the Super Bowl either. I don't have cable (haven't for
about 20 years) and I'm not about to pay three different streaming
services to just for the Super Bowl.
Here, the NFL is available for free for Sunday games and the Super Bowl.
CTV makes sure to air those games at no charge for anyone who can pick up their over-the-air signal. I tried watching the sport on more than one occasion and found it to be shockingly boring. It's only more tolerable if
I have a local team to root for like the Montreal Alouettes.
But this game was boring by all
accounts. I guess some scoring got done in "garbage time" when the game
was already decided.
Most football games are boring. I actually pointed out to my wife that the only people the sport seems to appeal to are out-of-shape men, probably because it's the one sport where their lack of athleticism is welcome.
After all, they have a bunch of fat guys whose only job is to prevent some more athletic person from getting to the quarterback.
I did watch the Super Bowl last year because TubiTV streamed it, and
they're a free service.
I didn't watch the ads live. I watched their recaps on YouTube. I
skipped through most of the so-called "ten best ads" they showed. Not
one of them of them was any good. I guess Woke and comedy just don't go
together.
I'm considering what I watch regularly and you'd be shocked to learn that what I find most interesting nowadays (other than hockey and baseball) are religious debates on Bitchute (by way of Revelation 22:13), religious content on YouTube (I'm a big fan of GodLogic and "Bob"), movies and TV shows about Jesus Christ and Steven Crowder when I have nothing else to watch. I did enjoy the Fallout TV show though, but that's because I'm a
huge fan of the Fallout series in general. Anyone who hasn't played the games might not see the appeal in the incredibly accurate TV show.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:52:33 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
On 2026-02-12, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On 12 Feb 2026 13:53:42 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:
To say the least, I didn't see the treasonous spic speak his
supposedly poor Spanish. I don't think I missed much there or from the >>>> match itself.
Of course, I consider football to be one of the most boring sports on
the planet, so I wouldn't have enjoyed it either way.
I've never been into organized sports let alone professional sport with
overpaid baboons but I'd put baseball at the top of the list. I've
never seen a cricket match but I assume it would be a contended for the
gold too.
This town verges on insanity when it comes to the University's football
team. Not a problem where I went to school. iirc RPI set a national
record by losing 43 straight football games. Hockey was something else
though, or even lacrosse.
I'm pretty much disgusted with all sports now rCo even baseball, though
that's still the one I would most likely watch. Allowing college kids to
be paid and move from one team to another every year, just means it's
the minor leagues for the pros now. This year's Super Bowl had two teams
where I didn't care who won, but figured the Seahawks would win easily
(which they did).
I was just happy that Taylor Swift's husband was in neither team so that
the broadcasters didn't feel the need to show her all the time.
Last year I watched a good Super Bowl. I wanted the Eagles to win, not
because I disliked the Chiefs rCo I just figured they had won enough and
it was someone else's turn. Also, a kid who played at Boise State
(Kellen Moore) was the offensive coordinator for the Eagles and I wanted
to see him succeed. He's now the head coach at New Orleans, so I'll be
watching to see how New Orleans does next year.
The only thing I remember from last year is the constant presence of the queen of pop.
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
RonB wrote:
But maybe stupidity would have been better than Trump's narcissism.
(Probably not.)
Heh, Harris was manifestly *not* stupid.
Harris obviously *was* stupid. Just as Biden obviously *was* senile,
another thing that you failed to detect. Can you say "biased"?
You left off Trump's unprecedented level of corruption, btw.
As bad as Biden's? Hard to believe.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:25:49 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:21:12 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
But maybe stupidity would have been better than Trump's narcissism.
(Probably not.)
Heh, Harris was manifestly *not* stupid. You left off Trump's
unprecedented level of corruption, btw.
Feel free to make a list of the intelligent things Kamala Harris has done. Make sure to list the things she did alone.
On 2/16/26 07:17, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS (fixed):
died at
John Bailo 55
Marti van Lin 61
Jeff Relf 64
Bill Weisgerber 76
Ray Carter 77
Lloyd Parsons 79
Man, you're one morbid sonofabitch!
Unfortunately, as one gets older, there's a greater awareness of one's mortality. I didn't used to understand why one of my mother's routines
was to read the obituaries in the local newspaper...
...but now when one of my friends goes out of contact, I'll web-search
on them (the modern equivalent) to see if they may have passed.
... and unfortunately, I just found one of those last week. A longtime friend originally from work that I've been in quite regular touch this
past year, as they were going through some medical challenges. He had
just turned the corner, only to be taken out by a massive stroke.
(Gentlemen, start your PSA tests by age 50, & regularly thereafter).
To be fair, I've found that a couple of classmates from grade school
have died.
Had a few of those, but I've probably noticed more business colleagues.
It seems that there's a mortality lump at around age 50 & another at 65.
The first is sudden (heart attacks); latter is shaping up to be cancers.
I rather liked Marti, by the way.
I particularly enjoyed Lloyd and his take on things.
I'm also trying to recall who it was that was really sharp on stereo systems...George Graves? Afraid he disappeared a decade ago...
-hh--
On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:38:31 +0000, vallor wrote:
Dr. Harris has a Juris Doctorate.
Watch MAGA denigrate her for having one. They often attack strengths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor#Use_of_the_title_%22doctor%22
Doesn't every ambulance chaser have a JD?
On 2026-02-13, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:36:44 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
On 2026-02-12, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:21:12 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
But maybe stupidity would have been better than Trump's narcissism.
(Probably not.)
Autopen Biden?
Narcissistic, warmongering moron Trump?
From a Telegram Post...
Trump said he raised tariffs on Switzerland because he didnrCOt like
how the Swiss rCLprime ministerrCY spoke to him.
Switzerland doesnrCOt have a prime minister.
ThatrCOs where we are.
It's bad enough he's raising tariffs because he doesn't like the way
somebody "talked to him." But to not even know the title this "someone"
held, is incredibly stupid.
I think it was actually an ex-president, but Trump was clueless as
usual.
To be honest, if I had the level of power Trump currently has, I wouldn't >> bother to learn the names of most leaders or even care whether they are
prime ministers or presidents. I'm not defending him, I'm just
highlighting what some human beings in his position would do.
You don't think the President of the United States should even a modicum of couth? It's called common courtesy. Trump is a clueless, narcissistic ass. A total dipshit.
Personally I expect the President of the United States, not a warmongering moron.
On 2026-02-13, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:52:33 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
On 2026-02-12, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On 12 Feb 2026 13:53:42 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:
To say the least, I didn't see the treasonous spic speak his
supposedly poor Spanish. I don't think I missed much there or from
the match itself.
Of course, I consider football to be one of the most boring sports
on the planet, so I wouldn't have enjoyed it either way.
I've never been into organized sports let alone professional sport
with overpaid baboons but I'd put baseball at the top of the list.
I've never seen a cricket match but I assume it would be a contended
for the gold too.
This town verges on insanity when it comes to the University's
football team. Not a problem where I went to school. iirc RPI set a
national record by losing 43 straight football games. Hockey was
something else though, or even lacrosse.
I'm pretty much disgusted with all sports now rCo even baseball, though
that's still the one I would most likely watch. Allowing college kids
to be paid and move from one team to another every year, just means
it's the minor leagues for the pros now. This year's Super Bowl had
two teams where I didn't care who won, but figured the Seahawks would
win easily (which they did).
I was just happy that Taylor Swift's husband was in neither team so
that the broadcasters didn't feel the need to show her all the time.
I agree on that.
Last year I watched a good Super Bowl. I wanted the Eagles to win, not
because I disliked the Chiefs rCo I just figured they had won enough and >>> it was someone else's turn. Also, a kid who played at Boise State
(Kellen Moore) was the offensive coordinator for the Eagles and I
wanted to see him succeed. He's now the head coach at New Orleans, so
I'll be watching to see how New Orleans does next year.
The only thing I remember from last year is the constant presence of
the queen of pop.
Yeah. I can actually recognize one or two of her early songs. But she
seems to sue people a lot (at least a few years ago she did) so that
kind of got old. I couldn't recognize anything she's recorded lately (if
she is still singing, I assume she still is).
I do like Kelce (and his brother, Jason, formerly with the Eagles)
though. They seem like pretty good people. I found out a couple years
ago that the correct pronunciation of their last is "kelss," not
"kel-see." Even though they're fine with the kel-see mispronunciation.
On 2026-02-13, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
RonB wrote:
But maybe stupidity would have been better than Trump's narcissism.
(Probably not.)
Heh, Harris was manifestly *not* stupid.
Harris obviously *was* stupid. Just as Biden obviously *was* senile,
another thing that you failed to detect. Can you say "biased"?
You left off Trump's unprecedented level of corruption, btw.
As bad as Biden's? Hard to believe.
Arguing about who is the most corrupt is not exactly a ringing
endorsement for either. But that's what we're reduced to when talking politics these days.
So, if they pass the bar exam that makes them a "doctor?" I didn't
realize the standards were that low.
Hockey is hideously boring to me, almost as boring as soccer (football
in Europe). Every time it starts to get interesting, somebody knocks
somebody down and everything clogs up again. I would rather there was
more skill and less brawling. (But this comes from someone who can enjoy
a baseball pitcher's duel, which I'm sure is boring as hell to a
European.)
Personally I expect the President of the United States, not a
warmongering moron.
On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:07:21 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
So, if they pass the bar exam that makes them a "doctor?" I didn't
realize the standards were that low.
No, if most states they get the JD (usually 3 years of law school past the undergraduate degree) before they can apply to the bar. You could fail the bar exam and still be a JD.
A close friend and I went through high school and college together and he went on the get a PhD. He was often at the house eating supper with us
etc. At one point his wife informed my mother he should be addressed as Doctor X. That went over well.
Then there is Doctor Jill... In the last century using the honorific for people who weren't medical doctors was more common outside of an academic environment.
On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:02:45 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
Hockey is hideously boring to me, almost as boring as soccer (football
in Europe). Every time it starts to get interesting, somebody knocks
somebody down and everything clogs up again. I would rather there was
more skill and less brawling. (But this comes from someone who can enjoy
a baseball pitcher's duel, which I'm sure is boring as hell to a
European.)
One college hockey game, RPI vs. McGill iirc, degenerated into a brawl
with the fans going out on the ice to join in. The Kampus Kops also went
out to try to break it up. Some genius had the idea to play the national anthem. The Kops came to attention and the brawl went on.
On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:02:45 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
Hockey is hideously boring to me, almost as boring as soccer (football
in Europe). Every time it starts to get interesting, somebody knocks
somebody down and everything clogs up again. I would rather there was
more skill and less brawling. (But this comes from someone who can
enjoy a baseball pitcher's duel, which I'm sure is boring as hell to a
European.)
One college hockey game, RPI vs. McGill iirc, degenerated into a brawl
with the fans going out on the ice to join in. The Kampus Kops also went
out to try to break it up. Some genius had the idea to play the national anthem. The Kops came to attention and the brawl went on.
On 16 Feb 2026 18:49:25 GMT, rbowman wrote:
On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:02:45 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
Hockey is hideously boring to me, almost as boring as soccer (football
in Europe). Every time it starts to get interesting, somebody knocks
somebody down and everything clogs up again. I would rather there was
more skill and less brawling. (But this comes from someone who can
enjoy a baseball pitcher's duel, which I'm sure is boring as hell to a
European.)
One college hockey game, RPI vs. McGill iirc, degenerated into a brawl
with the fans going out on the ice to join in. The Kampus Kops also
went out to try to break it up. Some genius had the idea to play the
national anthem. The Kops came to attention and the brawl went on.
Would you happen to know when this brawl happened? If it's around
2011-2013 or so, the captain of the McGill team was my cousin's husband.
On 16 Feb 2026 22:23:46 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 16 Feb 2026 18:49:25 GMT, rbowman wrote:
On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:02:45 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
Hockey is hideously boring to me, almost as boring as soccer
(football in Europe). Every time it starts to get interesting,
somebody knocks somebody down and everything clogs up again. I would
rather there was more skill and less brawling. (But this comes from
someone who can enjoy a baseball pitcher's duel, which I'm sure is
boring as hell to a European.)
One college hockey game, RPI vs. McGill iirc, degenerated into a brawl
with the fans going out on the ice to join in. The Kampus Kops also
went out to try to break it up. Some genius had the idea to play the
national anthem. The Kops came to attention and the brawl went on.
Would you happen to know when this brawl happened? If it's around
2011-2013 or so, the captain of the McGill team was my cousin's
husband.
c. 1965 It was about that time a couple of us from the Rensselaer
Outing Club stole the McGill Outing Club flag. They were the enemy. They
got it back at the IOCA spring get together at Lake George.
Different times when you could take a spur of the moment road trip to Montreal. I can't remember if it was when we went to Expo 67 or if it
was a separate road trip.
I imagine that Montr|-al was a lot more welcoming to Americans back then. Since then, it appears that the local population has become increasingly hostile to them not because they are Americans, but because they speak English.
On 17 Feb 2026 02:23:59 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:
I imagine that Montr|-al was a lot more welcoming to Americans back
then.
Since then, it appears that the local population has become
increasingly hostile to them not because they are Americans, but
because they speak English.
It's always been so in Montreal. Trois Rivieres, Quebec City, and the
small towns are more welcoming even if there is a language difficulty.
In the smaller towns, at least back then, many people didn't speak
English but I often had the feeling in Montreal that they could but
wouldn't.
It rivaled NYC rudeness, but in French. otoh I know a few French words
but can't hammer out a sentence other than "Voulez-vous coucher avec
moi, ce soir?" Patti LaBelle said she didn't know what the phrase
meant, was just making the sounds.
On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:07:21 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
So, if they pass the bar exam that makes them a "doctor?" I didn't
realize the standards were that low.
No, if most states they get the JD (usually 3 years of law school past the undergraduate degree) before they can apply to the bar. You could fail the bar exam and still be a JD.
A close friend and I went through high school and college together and he went on the get a PhD. He was often at the house eating supper with us
etc. At one point his wife informed my mother he should be addressed as Doctor X. That went over well.
Then there is Doctor Jill... In the last century using the honorific for people who weren't medical doctors was more common outside of an academic environment.
On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:02:45 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
Hockey is hideously boring to me, almost as boring as soccer (football
in Europe). Every time it starts to get interesting, somebody knocks
somebody down and everything clogs up again. I would rather there was
more skill and less brawling. (But this comes from someone who can enjoy
a baseball pitcher's duel, which I'm sure is boring as hell to a
European.)
One college hockey game, RPI vs. McGill iirc, degenerated into a brawl
with the fans going out on the ice to join in. The Kampus Kops also went
out to try to break it up. Some genius had the idea to play the national anthem. The Kops came to attention and the brawl went on.
DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS (fixed):
On 2/13/2026 7:59 AM, shitv wrote:
I'm kind of glad that I won't be around much longer
Now that's something we ALL can agree on.
Good riddance. Make sure your daughter posts the happy news to cola.
Prior cola participants
died at
John Bailo 55
Marti van Lin 61
Jeff Relf 64
Bill Weisgerber 76
Ray Carter 77
Lloyd Parsons 79
Man, you're one morbid sonofabitch!
To be fair, I've found that a couple of classmates from grade school
have died.
I rather liked Marti, by the way.
Dr. Harris has a Juris Doctorate.
Watch MAGA denigrate her for having one. They often attack
strengths.
Joel W. Crump wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:
On 2/13/26 9:09 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:25:49 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:21:12 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
But maybe stupidity would have been better than Trump's narcissism. >>>>>> (Probably not.)
Heh, Harris was manifestly *not* stupid. You left off Trump's
unprecedented level of corruption, btw.
Feel free to make a list of the intelligent things Kamala Harris has done. >>> Make sure to list the things she did alone.
Crude has a real problem - he attacks people for all these reasons which
are bogus as hell, Kamala Harris is an *attorney* FFS, clearly more
intelligent that his lame ass, but when did *he* run for office, when
did he do anything? And he attacks people for their sexual and gender
identities. He attacks entire races' intelligence.
Her record of positions and responsiblities speaks for itself.
As does the misogyny of those who denigrate women who have a lot
of experience and qualifications.
"She laughs too much."
So a JD doesn't even require you pass the bar exam. And that's supposed to be a high honor to some people? Good grief.
On 2/13/2026 4:38 PM, vallor wrote:
Dr. Harris has a Juris Doctorate.
ie "law teacher"
"After graduating from the University of California, Hastings College of
the Law in 1989, she failed the bar exam on her first attempt but passed
on her second attempt in February 1990."
Honorary "Doctor" Ratchet Stallman could teach programming and
technology much better than Harris could teach law.
She comes across as a mess of a prosecutor: https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-prosecutor-california-san-francisco/
Watch MAGA denigrate her for having one. They often attack
strengths.
What strengths?
She was a HUGE failure as 'border czar', ignoring millions of little
greasy illegals from all over the world flooding into the US.
some dumb fsck wrote:
Prior cola participants
died at
John Bailo 55
Marti van Lin 61
Jeff Relf 64
Bill Weisgerber 76
Ray Carter 77
Lloyd Parsons 79
Man, you're one morbid sonofabitch!
I particularly enjoyed Lloyd and his take on things.
I'm also trying to recall who it was that was really sharp on stereo >systems...George Graves?
On 2/13/2026 4:38 PM, vallor wrote:
prosecutor-california-san-francisco/Dr. Harris has a Juris Doctorate.
ie "law teacher"
"After graduating from the University of California, Hastings College of
the Law in 1989, she failed the bar exam on her first attempt but passed
on her second attempt in February 1990."
Honorary "Doctor" Ratchet Stallman could teach programming and
technology much better than Harris could teach law.
She comes across as a mess of a prosecutor: https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-
Watch MAGA denigrate her for having one. They often attack strengths.
What strengths?
She was a HUGE failure as 'border czar', ignoring millions of little
greasy illegals from all over the world flooding into the US.
-hh wrote:
I particularly enjoyed Lloyd and his take on things.
Of course you liked Lying Lloyd, -highhorse.
I'm also trying to recall who it was that was really sharp on
stereo systems...George Graves?
He sure made a jackass of himself while attempting to disparage
digital audio...
On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:00:51 -0500, DFS wrote:
On 2/13/2026 4:38 PM, vallor wrote:prosecutor-california-san-francisco/
Dr. Harris has a Juris Doctorate.
ie "law teacher"
"After graduating from the University of California, Hastings College of
the Law in 1989, she failed the bar exam on her first attempt but passed
on her second attempt in February 1990."
Honorary "Doctor" Ratchet Stallman could teach programming and
technology much better than Harris could teach law.
She comes across as a mess of a prosecutor:
https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-
Watch MAGA denigrate her for having one. They often attack strengths.
What strengths?
She was a HUGE failure as 'border czar', ignoring millions of little
greasy illegals from all over the world flooding into the US.
Joel Crump can't be bothered to do even a minimal amount of research
because it would take away from all the fag porn he consumes.
DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:summary>
On 2/13/2026 4:38 PM, vallor wrote:
Dr. Harris has a Juris Doctorate.
ie "law teacher"
"After graduating from the University of California, Hastings College
of the Law in 1989, she failed the bar exam on her first attempt but
passed on her second attempt in February 1990."
Honorary "Doctor" Ratchet Stallman could teach programming and
technology much better than Harris could teach law.
She comes across as a mess of a prosecutor:
https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris- prosecutor-california-san-francisco/
Watch MAGA denigrate her for having one. They often attack strengths.
What strengths?
She was a HUGE failure as 'border czar', ignoring millions of little
greasy illegals from all over the world flooding into the US.
She wasn't the "border czar". One of her jobs was to go to countries
like Honduras and help them support their people so they wouldn't have
to flee to the U.S.
<https://www.cato.org/blog/biden-didnt-cause-border-crisis-part-1-
Biden DidnrCOt Cause the Border Crisis, Part 1: Summary
During President Joe BidenrCOs term, Border Patrol arrested an
unprecedented number of immigrants who crossed illegally into the
United States. Many believe Biden caused this increase in migration
by reducing border enforcement. However, data obtained by the Cato
Institute through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) challenges
this narrative. In fact, the border crisis began before Biden took
office and ended before he left.
From his administrationrCOs first day in January 2021, Biden actually
increased border enforcementrCoarrests, detentions, and removals of
border crossers all increased. The prevailing narrative that blames
Biden overlooks the real causes of the crisis: AmericarCOs robust
labor market and bad immigration policies that incentivized illegal
entries. However, Trump,
not Biden, mostly started those policies. Biden eventually phased
out some of them; he increased legal migration, and as the labor
market cooled, the problem dissipated.
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
some dumb fsck wrote:
Prior cola participants
died at
John Bailo 55
Marti van Lin 61
Jeff Relf 64
Bill Weisgerber 76
Ray Carter 77
Lloyd Parsons 79
Man, you're one morbid sonofabitch!
That creepy dumb fsck probably enjoys the obituaries more than the
comics.
Didn't DumFSck once post a woman's obituary and boast that he "nailed
her", or something along those lines? A real "class act", that dumb
fsck.
What ever happened to that Gary Stewart troll?
Didn't he have something like a dozen aliases?
On 2/17/2026 10:44 PM, Andrew Mulligan wrote:
What ever happened to that Gary Stewart troll?
Didn't he have something like a dozen aliases?
You're probably referring to Flatfish, who was the only female reg
poster on cola since 2004.
And she had more like 5 dozen nymshifts.
I do miss Flattie! Maybe she'll come back some day.
A nice Class A system w/ a pair of ET ribbons is now part of his Estate.
On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:17:35 -0500
DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
On 2/17/2026 10:44 PM, Andrew Mulligan wrote:
What ever happened to that Gary Stewart troll?
Didn't he have something like a dozen aliases?
You're probably referring to Flatfish, who was the only female reg
poster on cola since 2004.
And she had more like 5 dozen nymshifts.
I do miss Flattie! Maybe she'll come back some day.
Thank you for the correction. I remember the Flatfish troll from alt.os.suse.linux but I was unaware his/her name was Gary Stewart so I
never made the connection.
Gee, I'm only 51 yo and I'm forgetting already!
Tell me it doesn't get worse?
Every other day I fast-walk 45 minutes, or walk laps on a hill with
weights.
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